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Box Joint Pro

Using Studio to create more complex box joint patterns

Studio’s Box Joint Pro allows to create Box Joint patterns with more customizable options. If you want to setup a simpler pattern use Box Joint Basic.

Box Joint Pro Options

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  1. Side (A/B): Swaps between the A pins and the mating B pins
  2. Width: applies the width of the intended stock
  3. Thickness: uses the thickness of the stock to plan the overcut and ensure square pins 
  4. Bit Diameter: determines the curvature of the patterns corners and how much it extrudes from the workpiece to ensure straight corners
  5. Pin Count: the overall number of pins, A + B
  6. Pin Factor: Augments the width of the selected pins to create more complex pin arrangements
  7. Glue Gap: increases the width of the gaps to account for fitment with glue
  8. Guides: places visual guides that represent the pins
  9. Rotation: overall rotation of the pattern according to the anchor point in the upper-left position
  10. Anchor: the point around which the pattern is oriented for movement, sizing, and rotation

Note: unlike Origin’s Box Joint Basic feature there is no encoded depth to a Box Joint Basic pattern in Studio. Encoded depths can be setup manually in Plan Mode. 

Once the Box Joint pattern is created place it according to the Origin Anchor in Studio to ensure accurate placement on Origin:

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Using Pin Factor

Pin Factor changes the width of pins in both A and B to cut irregular patterns. To do this choose which set of pins you’d like to be wider or narrower and adjust the slider accordingly.

pin-factorNote: do not adjust the Pin Factor after you’ve started cutting the pins.

Round Tripping with Box Joints in Studio

Probe Rectangle will create a Guide around the perimeter of the workpiece and setup a Grid to the center of that workpiece. Using Export from Origin will extract the Guide according to Origin's Grid into a Studio design. The Box Joint procedure can then be built around the measurements that came from Origin.

Centering the Box Joint pattern to the 0,0 point in Studio will align the pattern to the Grid that Probe Rectangle created in your Workspace. This is useful to ensure consistent alignment between Studio and Origin.